From the video, I learnt that Rachel wanted to make a cast of a room which someone like herself might stay in after coming out from college. Her small exhibition included 4 pieces , which would be found in the actual room and by casting the space of the room, Rachel “mummified the air in the room”.
The challenges she faced was that it took some time to find the grants, space for exhibition, and the room itself for casting, and it was an ambitious project for a young artist like her at the time. She was 27, out of college 3-4 yrs, took waitressing and other jobs on the side to support herself at the time, and did not have luxury of being a full time artist.
The experience from her works "closet" & "torso" helped her know the steps involved in casting large objects. Other artists that she looked at for 3-dimensional ideas include Ashley Veneer , Francesco Pierre paintings. how to piece the component parts together, perspective,
window, door, fireplace key element places, had to be cast in a certain way in order to be retrieved from the actual room
having no water, no electricity, she had to borrow these from the neighbor. As she had no car, she used a bike to transport materials like plaster. Despite the inconveniences she still enjoyed the process.
had to make false, flat foundation, the height of the room was inconsistent
flick plaster on wall, using hesiant in place, built 2-3inches
metal framework inside the plaster
when making the piece, the walls n room were made from plaster n glass, horse hair very old plaster, the walls were falling apart, fragile environment to cast
had to consistently repair the room while making the piece, can be seen in actual casting
go to studio spent 6 weeks on frame work
saw the light shining on door n light switch, eureka moment of the viewer being the wall
man in bristol had been in prison enclosed in a space u can't get out of, reminded him of being inside his pocket.
She felt touched by his thoughts
she thinks pple read all sort of things
piece to do with aura, physical dimension, where we eat, sleep, die, spend our time
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